Walter Boltz joins Frontier Economics

Frontier is pleased to announce that Walter Boltz has joined Frontier as a Senior Associate. With his extensive experience in the European energy sector, Walter will be involved in strategic and regulatory work in Frontier’s energy practice.

Between 2001 and 2016, Walter was Executive Director of the Austrian energy regulator, E-Control. He also promoted European and international initiatives for liberalising the European gas and electricity markets. He was Vice-Chair of the Board of Regulators in the Agency for the Co-operation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and Chair of the Gas Working Group of the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) and ACER, where he took a leading role in implementing the European gas target model.

Christoph Riechmann, Director at Frontier, commented: “We are delighted that Walter is joining us. He has been a leading figure in national and European energy market reform, introducing incentive-based regulation for electricity and gas distribution networks in Austria, and leading the charge in European gas market reforms. Walter brings a unique skill set to Frontier which will allow us to strengthen our offerings to clients in the energy sector.”

For more information, please contact Miriam Rau at m.rau@frontier-economics.com or call +49 221 337 131 00.